New Assassin's Creed, Far Cry 5, The Crew 2 Coming Within the Next Year

The Crew 2, South Park: The Fractured But Whole are also on the way.

By
Jonathon Dornbush

Ubisoft has revealed that it plans to release four major titles in the next fiscal year, which will include the return of Assassin's Creed and Far Cry.

As part of its 2017 fiscal year earnings report, Ubisoft confirmed that both Assassin's Creed and Far Cry will return in the 2017-2018 fiscal year release window, which runs from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018. South Park: The Fractured But Whole and The Crew are also set to return in that timeframe, with a sequel for the latter confirmed.

"In 2017-18 we will see the exciting returns of Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, The Crew and South Park," CEO Yves Guillemot said in a statement.

The Assassin's Creed Twitter account debuted a new piece of art featuring the franchise's logo and indicated that information on the next chapter in the franchise will come at E3. The UK Assassin's Creed Twitter account also featured the new art along with the text "A new era begins," indicating the next entry will not be revisiting a previously established period in the Assassin's Creed franchise.

Assassin's Creed logo

A Far Cry 5 logo has also been revealed via the Ubisoft forums, the lettering all white with red and blue bordering. No other information about the next numbered entry has been revealed as of this time. The series last saw release in 2016, with the non-numbered entry Far Cry Primal, which saw the franchise head back to prehistoric times — for more on that entry, check out IGN's Far Cry Primal review.

Far Cry 5 logo

A logo for The Crew 2 has also been unveiled, following up on the open-world driving franchise that Ubisoft debuted in 2014. For more, check out IGN's original The Crew review.

Ubisoft also confirmed that in the following fiscal year, 2018-2019, the company plans to debut another four major AAA releases while "[pursuing] our digital transformation and consolidate our new business model, which is much more recurring and more profitable and is now significantly less exposed to new releases." No mention of what those 2018-19 franchises will be was made, however.